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MOUNT CARBON RAIL ROAD COMPANY, Office No. 117 South Third street.
John White, President. James C. Donnell, Se- cretary. Capital, 100,000 dollars.
PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAIL ROAD COMPANY, Office No. 76 Walnut street.
Wm. F. Emlen, President. Samuel Brad- ford, Secretary. Samuel Bradford, Treasurer. PHILADELPHIA, WILMINGTON AND BALTIMORE RAIL ROAD COMPANY, Office No. 48 South Fourth street.
Matthew Newkirk, President. Jacob J. Co- hen, jr. Vice President. J. Wilson Wallace, Secretary. Allan Thomson, Treasurer. Aubrey H. Smith, Assistant Treasurer.
PHILADELPHIA AND TRENTON RAIL ROAD COMPANY,
Office corner of Third and Willow streets. Robert F. Stockton, President. James Mor- rell, Secretary & Treasurer. SUNBURY AND ERIE RAIL ROAD COMPANY, Office in the Philadelphia Exchange.
Nicholas Biddle, President. William B. Reed, Secretary. Job Bacon, Treasurer. WEST PHILADELPHIA RAIL ROAD, Office West Philadelphia. WILLIAMSPORT AND ELMIRA RAIL ROAD COMPANY, Office No. 283 High street. Jacob Lex, President. James F. Cottringer, Secretary. James F. Cottringer, Treasurer. DELAWARE COAL COMPANY, Office 117 S Third street.
John White, President. Charles S. Williams, Secretary. Capital, 300,000 dollars. LITTLE SCHUYLKILL NAVIGATION RAIL ROAD AND COAL COMPANY, No. 78 Walnut street.
Edwin Swift, President. Samuel Bradford, Secretary. Samuel Bradford, Treasurer. BEAVER MEADOW RAIL ROAD AND COAL COMPANY, Office No. 36 Walnut street.
Robert Pearsall, President. John M'Clintock, Secretary. George Jenkins, Treasurer. Capi- tal, 800,000 dollars.
NORRISTOWN AND GERMANTOWN RAIL ROAD COMPANY,
Office corner of Ninth and Green streets.
John G. Watmough, President. Lewis Cor- mick, Secretary. Robert T. Stephens, Treasurer. BUCK MOUNTAIN COAL COMPANY, Office No. 86 South Third street. Wm. Richardson, President. Jacob T. Bunt- ing, Secretary and Treasurer. HAZLETON COAL COMPANY, Office 78 Walnut.
Samuel Moore, President. P. A. Reading, Secretary. Henry M. Prevost, Treasurer. Capi- tal, 400,000 dollars.
SUGAR LOAF COMPANY, Office No. 56 Walnut street.
John L. Newbold, President. Wm. Russell West, Secretary & Treasurer. TIOGA NAVIGATION COMPANY, Office 16 Merchants' Exchange.
James R. Wilson, President. TOWANDA RAIL ROAD AND COAL COMPANY, Office No. 58 Walnut street. William L. Newbold, President.
MINE HILL AND SCHUYLKILL HAVEN RAIL ROAD COMPANY, Office Hall of the Franklin Institute.
James Dundas, President. John H. Cresson, Secretary. John H. Cresson, Treasurer.
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MANUFACTURERS' AND MECHANICS' BENEFICIAL SAVINGS INSTITUTION OF THE NORTHERN LIBERTIES. Office, N. 346 North Second street, below Green street. Capital authorized, $250,000. Shares $25.
WILLIAM BINDER, President. CHARLES LEHMAN, Sec. and Treas.
Trustees.
Caleb Maule,
William Binder.
Directors.
Franklin Lee,
E. D. Martin,
Henry Deringer, John T. Smith,
J. S. Zorns,
John Kohler,
George Mecke,
Daniel Reiff,
John Manderson.
THE PHILADELPHIA SAVING FUND SOCIETY. Incorporated February 25, 1819. Open for Deposites and Payments on Mondays and Thursdays only, between the hours of 9 A. M. and 1 P. M., and 3 and 7 P. M. Office, Walnut street, above Third.
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GEORGE GREINER, Treasurer.
J. J. Vanderkemp,
Thomas H. White,
Condy Raguet,
Lawrence Lewis, John R. Neff,
William Davidson,
Tobias Wagner,
Quintin Campbell,
Philip H. Nicklin,
George Campbell,
John A. Brown,
John Bacon,
Lewis Waln,
Francis Gurney Smith,
Nathan Dunn,
Jacob R. Smith,
Samuel Grant,
Thomas C. Rockhill, Interest-Four per cent. per annum.
THE NORTHERN LIBERTIES, KENSINGTON AND SPRING GARDEN SAVING FUND SOCIETY, Incorporated April S, A. D. 1833. Open for Deposites and Payments on Mondays and Thursdays only, between the hours of 3 & 6, P.M. Office, 339 North Third street.
ISAAC B. GARRIGUES, President.
Managers.
SAMUEL MYERS, Treasurer.
Michael Andress, George Swope, John Waters, Daniel Clarke, Jacob Coleman, Henry Crilly,
Franklin Lee,
William Bruner,
Henry Remmy, Jr.,
Reuben Jarman,
Abel Matthias,
Jacob F. Hæckley, John Taylor, Israel E. James,
John D. Taylor,
Osmond Reed,
Michael Day,
Jacob Frick,
John Agnew,
Elijah Dallett, Isaac B. Garrigues, 1 Jesse Dickenson, Jr.,
Daniel Smith.
William Binder, George Ireland, A. J. Bucknor, C. Lehman,
CLEMENT C. BIDDLE, President. Managers.
William Smith,
Charles Vezin,
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INSURANCE COMPANIES. FIRE AND MARINE.
NORTH AMERICA .- Office on the S. W. corner of Walnut and Dock streets. Chartered 1794. Capital $600,000. Shares $10. Dividends January and July. JOHN C. SMITH, President. ARTHUR G. COFFIN, Secretary.
Directors.
John C. Smith,
John White,
Alexander Henry,
Thomas P. Cope,
Samuel W. Jones,
Samuel Brooks,
John R. Neff,
Edward Smith,
Charles Taylor,
Richard D. Wood,
William Welsh.
MARINE.
INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Office N E corner of Second and Dock streets. Chartered 1794. Capital $500,000. Shares $400. Dividends February and August. SIMEON TOBY, President. WILLIAM HARPER, Secretary.
Directors.
Simeon Toby,
Tobias Wagner,
James Cox,
Gustavus Colhoun, James Markoe,
Peter Bousquet,
John M. Scott,
John B. Budd,
George Trott, Jr.,
Charles Macalister,
Charles S. Boker,
John Stewart.
William S. Smith,
PHILADELPHIA .- Office S. W. corner of Second and Walnut streets. Chartered 1804. Capital $250,000. Shares $50. Dividends June and December. CHARLES H. BAKER, President. WILLIAM BOLLER, Secretary.
Directors.
Charles H. Baker, Charles Perot,
John H. Wicht,
Alexander Elmslie, Francis Hoskins,
Robert M. Lewis,
Richard P. Lardner,
C. Henry Fisher,
Zachariah Poulson,
Joseph Perot,
George B. Reese.
John McAllister, Jr.,
UNION .- Office No. 6 Merchants' Exchange. Chartered 1804. Capital $300,000. Shares $60. Dividends January and July.
RICHARD S. SMITH, President. GEORGE LEWIS, Secretary.
Directors.
Richard S. Smith,
Saturnius Destouett,
John Bohlen, James Le Fevre,
Charles Graff,
Joseph Hand,
William Lynch,
Joseph Dugan,
Charles Dutilh.
Francis Tete,
PHOENIX .- Office No. 52 Walnut street.
Chartered 1803. Capital $480,000. Shares $80. Dividends June and December. JOHN R. WUCHERER, President. DAVID LEWIS, Secretary.
John R. Wucherer, John Goddard, Lawrence Lewis,
Directors. John L. Hodge,
William Phillips,
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Robert Toland,
Adolphus Peries,
Thomas C. Rockhill,
Alexander Symington.
John A. Brown,
Samuel F. Smith,
Ambrose White, Jacob M. Thomas,
Samuel F. Fisher,
Richard Willing, Adolphus E. Borie, Timothy M. Bryan,
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MUTUAL .- Office No. 50 Walnut street.
Chartered 1809. Capital $300,000. Shares $60. Dividends January and July. JACOB SULGER, JR., President. JOHN RUTHERFORD, JR., Secretary.
Directors.
Jacob Sulger, Jr.,
Patrick Hayes,
John Farr,
Isaac W. Norris,
Alexander Benson,
John Latour, Benjamin Chew,
John Darrieux,
Joseph B. Smith,
Jonathan Patterson, John T. Lewis, William Cummings.
DELAWARE .- Office 3 Merchants' Exchange.
Chartered 1804. Capital $200,000. Shares $40. Dividends June and December. JOSHUA EMLEN, President. JOHN DONNALDSON, Secretary. Directors.
Joshua Emlen,
Joshua Longstreth,
Jacob B. Clement,
Samuel Keith,
Joseph R. Evans,
John W. Odenheimer,
Benjamin Jones,
William Boyd,
John Devereux,
John Cook,
George F. Randolph,
Frederick Fraley,
Isaac Harvey, Jr.,
Thomas G. Hollinsworth,
Edmund Wilcox.
UNITED STATES .- Office 5 Merchants' Exchange. Chartered 1810. Capital $200,000. Shares $25. Dividends June and December. WILLIAM YOUNG, President. A. G. SALIGNAC, Secretary.
Directors.
William Young,
Wharton Chancellor,
Nicholas Hopkins,
Henry Toland,
Clement B. Barclay,
William P. Blight,
John S. Riddle,
William Pleasants, William G. Alexander,
Thomas Penn Gaskill,
John McCrea, Jr.,
Robert Ewing.
C. F. Bruil,
THE DELAWARE COUNTY INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital authorized by law, $250,000. Office S. E. Third and Dock. WILLIAM MARTIN, Secretary.
GEORGE SERRILL, President.
Directors.
William Folwell, Philada. Wm. Eyre, Jr., Del. Co.,
John Cochran, Del. Co.,
Joseph H. Seal, do. Geo. S. Leiper,
do. Henry Lawrence, do.
Samuel Edwards, Del. Co., Charles Kelly, do. George Serrill, do.
ATLANTIC .- Office No. 4 Merchants' Exchange. Chartered 1825. Capital $300,000. Shares $60. Dividends January and July. CONDY RAGUET, President. HENRY D. SHERRERD, Secretary. Directors. Jacob R. Smith,
Condy Raguet, Daniel W. Coxe, William Platt,
Charles Vezin, Robert Ralston,
Charles Massey, Jr., Jacob S. Waln,
J. B. McIlvaine, P. L. Languerenne,
Joseph Swift, Lewis Waln.
Joseph Gratz,
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Erskine Hazard,
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AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY .- Office N. E. corner Merchants' Exchange. Chartered 1831. Capital $200,000. Shares $50. Dividends January and July. WILLIAM CRAIG, President.
JOSHUA P. HAVEN, Secretary. Directors.
William Craig, Andrew C. Barclay, Elijah Dallet, T. P. Richardson,
A. J. Lewis,
Thomas Allibone,
Pearson Serrill,
Jonathan Palmer,
Stephen Baldwin,
Robert F. Walsh.
S. A. Lewis,
FIRE. MUTUAL ASSURANCE .- Office No. 54 Walnut street. Chartered 1786. LAWRENCE LEWIS, Sec. and Treasurer. Trustees. J. J. Vanderkemp, J. K. Mitchell, M. D.,
Richard Willing,
Robert M. Lewis,
Thomas Biddle,
John J. Ridgway,
George McCalmont,
Thomas C. Rockhill,
Edward S. Burd,
Joseph Dugan,
George Cadwallader,
William Platt.
AMERICAN .- Office 72 Walnut street. Chartered 1810. Capital $500,000.
WILLIAM DAVIDSON, President. FREDERICK FRALEY, Secretary.
William Davidson,
Directors. William Lynch,
Caleb Cope,
John Sergeant, Manuel Eyre,
Timothy Abbott,
Thomas Allibone,
Joseph R. Massey,
John Welsh, Jr.
James Hutchinson, Surveyor.
PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE .- Office 134 Walnut street. Chartered 1825. Capital $400,000. Charter perpetual. QUINTIN CAMPBELL, President. BEATON, SMITH, Secretary.
Directors.
Quintin Campbell,
Paul Beck, Jr.,
Robert A. Caldcleugh,
William Boyd, Alexander Benson, William Montelius,
James Le Fevre,
Isaac Hazlehurst, Thomas Robins.
Robert O'Neill, Surveyor, 6 S. Penn Square.
FRANKLIN .- Office 1633 Chestnut street. Chartered 1829. Capital $400,000. Shares $100. CHARLES N. BANCKER, President. CHARLES G. BANCKER, Secretary. Directors. Tobias Wagner, Samuel Grant, Mordecai D. Lewis,
Charles N. Bancker, James Schott, Thomas Hart, Thomas I. Wharton,
George W. Richards, Jacob R. Smith, Adolph E. Borie.
RICHARD WILLING, Pres't.
Robert Toland,
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PHILADELPHIA CONTRIBUTIONSHIP FOR THE INSURANCE OF HOUSES FROM LOSS BY FIRE .- No. 96 South Fourth street. Chartered 1752. JAMES S. SMITH, Treasurer. Directors.
Zachariah Poulson, Joseph Price, Joshua Longstreth,
Horace Binney,
Charles Willing, M. D.,
J. P. Hutchinson,
Alexander W. Johnston, Alexander Lardner, William Morrison.
FIRE ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA .- Office No. 34 North Fifth street, between High and Mulberry. Instituted on the 15th of September, 1817, for the purpose of insuring houses from loss or damage by fire, in the City and County of Philadelphia. Incorporated March 27, 1820. Re-incorporated April 3d, 1833.
GEORGE W. TRYQN, President. ANDREW BUTLER, Sec. and Treasurer. Trustees.
George Esler, William Warner,
Joshua Stokes,
Jacob S. Miller,
Howe Keith,
Charles Schaeffer,
Peter A. Keyser,
Jacob E. Tomkins,
John Allen,
Jacob Esher,
William H. Hamilton, Edmund A. Souder.
COUNTY FIRE .- Office 248 North Third street. Charter perpetual. Dividends January and July.
AUGUSTINE STEVENSON, President. Directors.
Augustine Stevenson,
Samuel Williams,
Robert V. Massey,
Henry Crilly,
SOUTHWARK FIRE INSURANCE .- Office No. 74 Walnut street.
Chartered 1834. Perpetual. Capital authorized by law, $400,000. Dividends, Janu- ary and July.
GEORGE M. HICKLING, President. JOHN McCOLLOM, Secretary.
Directors.
G. M. Hickling, Joseph Solms, F. A. Raybold,
John J. Krider,
Charles Rizer,
Levi Taylor,
Uriah Hunt.
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SPRING GARDEN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY .- Office N. W. corner Sixth and Wood.
Incorporated 1835. Capital $400,000. Shares $50. Dividends January and July.
MORTON M.MICHAEL, President. LEWIS KRUMBHAAR, Secretary.
Directors.
Morton M&Michael, Joseph Wood, R. W. Pomeroy, Charles W. Schreiner,
Elijah Dallett, P. L. Laguerenne, . Charles Stokes,
Samuel Townsend,
Robert L. Loughead,
Joseph J. Sharpless.
George M. Troutman,.
JACOB F. HOECKLEY, Secretary.
Joseph Reakirt,
Samuel Bonnell,
John Taylor,
Osmond Reed,
Michael McGill,
John Farr.
Robert Coburn,
Peter Williamson,
Edward King,
Lewis Waln, William H. Hart,
William Smith,
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PHILADELPHIA FIRE & INLAND NAVIGATION INSURANCE COMPANY. Office N. W. Third and Walnut. Incorporated 1835.
JESSE R. BURDEN, President. Directors.
SAMUEL G. WALKER, Secretary.
J. R. Burden, J. B. Sutherland,
Jacob Coleman,
John White,
Robert T. Conrad,
James M'Clintock,
James M'Cormack, John Moss,
Hugh F. Hollingshead,
Robert Coburn.
WASHINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY .- Office 48 Walnut street. Capital $200,000.
CHARLES S. RICHE, President. . L. KIMBALL, Secretary.
Directors.
Charles S. Riche, John C. Da Costa, B. S. Burlin, John Dallett,
Isaac Loyd, Jr.,
Charles Rugan,
· S. Morris Waln,
Robert Soutter, Jr., John Mason,
Edward W. Robinson,
Wm. S. Neilson,
Wm. Henry Charles Bohlen,
A. Murray M'Ilvaine.
COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANY .- Office 72 S. 3d. Capital $500,000. C. N. BUCK, President. Directors. John A. Barclay, Charles J. Du Pont, Joseph Ripka,
C. N. Buck,
John Bohlen,
Daniel Lammot,
William W. Young,
Joseph Cabot,
David S. Brown.
THE PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY FOR INSURANCES ON LIVES AND GRANTING ANNUITIES .- Office 66 Walnut street.
Chartered 1812. Perpetual. Capital $500,000. Shares $100. Dividends January
and July.
HYMAN GRATZ, President. SEARS C. WALKER, Actuary.
Directors.
Hyman Gratz, William Parker, John Moss, John Bohlen,
Charles Taylor, Henry J. Williams,
J. K. Mitchell, M. D.
William Kirkham,
Israel P. Hutchinson,
R. M. Patterson, M. D.
Charles Dutilh.
THE GIRARD LIFE INSURANCE, ANNUITY AND TRUST COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA .- Office No. 159 Chestnut street. Incorporated 1836. Capital $300,000. Charter perpetual.
B. W. RICHARDS, President. JOHN F. JAMES, Treasurer and Actuary. Managers. Armon Davis, Robert Toland, Thomas Ridgway, John R. Latimer, Robert Pearsall,
B. W. Richards, Timothy Abbott, Peter Hertzog, John J. Smith, Jr., David Williamson,
. Samuel F. Smith, William S. Vaux,
Jos. B. Smith,
George Troutman, John S. Newlin, Wm. R. Hanson, Samuel Wagner, (York, Pa.)
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SOUTHERN INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY.
JOHN LEADBEATER, Jr., President.
WILLIAM W. SMITH, Cashier.
Directors.
John Leadbeater, Jr.,
Z. Locke,
W. F. Hughes,
David Brown,
G. K. Childs,
Wm. Campbell,
Robert Lindsay,
B. Franklin,
H. Hopkins,
John Allen,
C. H. Rogers,
A. Cochran,
M. N. Everly.
THE MECHANICS' AND TRADESMAN'S INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA .- Office 64 Walnut .- Capital $250,000.
SAMUEL BADGER, President.
A. E. DOUGHERTY, Cashier.
Samuel Badger, Hugh Catherwood, David Boyd,
Directors. St. G. T. Campbell,
William Badger,
Sherry Dito,
Coffin Colket.
E. B. Gardette,
James McCormack,
George Mcclellan,
GLOBE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY .- Office 435 N. Second. Capital $100,000.
JAMES MARSH, President. Directors.
JONATHAN ALDEN, Cashier.
James Marsh,
John Haines,
Elisha R. Johnston,
Osmon Reed,
Elijah Tyson,
Joseph R. Dickson,
Samuel Bonnell,
Samuel Browning,
Bowers Lowber.
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM COMPANY.
REMBRANDT PEALE, President. JOSEPH PARKER, Secretary. WM. D. LEWIS, Treasurer.
Directors.
Joseph Parker,
Rembrandt Peale, Wm. B. Fling, E. W. Keyser,
W. D. Lewis,
J. Comly Jones,
Isaac Elliott,
Samuel P. Griffitts, Jr.,
Franklin Peale.
PHILADELPHIA GAS WORKS .- Office Franklin Institute, S. Seventh. THOS. CAVE, President.
WM. FENNELL, Register. GEORGE WIEGAND, Inspector.
JOHN C. CRESSON, Superintendent.
JOHN P. MURTA, Clerk.
J. Y. M'COLLIN, Assistant Clerk.
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BOARD OF HEALTH, 1841 -- 42.
CITY .- William E. Lehman, No. 85 Lombard street. Samuel W. Weer, James Hutchinson, No. 58 South Twelfth street. William S. Smith, No. 251 Pine street. Howell Hopkins, No. 12 Prune street, Mark M. Reeve, M. D., No. 133 North Twelfth street. Richard L. Lloyd, No. 421 North Sixth street.
NORTHERN LIBERTIES, 3 B. E. Carpenter,
SPRING GARDEN .- George W. Ash, No. 67 Wood street.
SOUTHWARK .- William G. Alexander, No. 74 Swanson street. MOYAMENSING .- Robert L. Loughead, No. 229 South Ninth street. KENSINGTON .- Abraham Helffenstein, M. D., Beach, opposite Manderson street.
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
President-James Hutchinson. Secretary-B. E. Carpenter.
Treasurer-William E. Lehman.
Solicitor-J. A. Phillips, No. 56 South Sixth street.
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Clerk of the Board-Samuel P. Marks, No. 436 South Fourth street.
Steward of Lazaretto-Daniel Brewton, Lazaretto. -
Matron of the City Hospital-P. Altemus, Hospital.
Messenger-Charles F. Thiesen, No. 9 Moyamensing road.
Assistant Messenger-John Tudor, No. 2 Schuylkill Water street.
Runner-David Brown, No. 30 Bonsall street.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.
HEALTH OFFICER-Peter Rambo, corner of Bedford and Union streets, Kensington. PORT PHYSICIAN-Isaac N. Marselis, M. D., N. E. corner Catharine and Second streets. LAZARETTO PHYSICIAN-Wilmer Worthington, M. D., Lazaretto. QUARANTINE MASTER-Benjamin Martin, Lazaretto.
Philadelphia Association for the Relief of Disabled Firemen.
CHARLES SCHAFFER, President. GEORGE W. TRYON, Vice-President. EDMUND A. SOUDER, Treasurer. M. L. GORDON, Secretary. ANDREW BUTLER, Assistant Secretary.
Trustees.
Charles Schaffer, George W. Tryon, M. L. Gordon, Joseph Reakirt,
John Rutherford, Jr., Alexander Henry,
George Esler, George K. Childs, Robert E. Nuttle,
Thomas C. Jones,
Benjamin Matthias, Andrew Butler,
E. A. Souder,
John Donnelly, Jacob Esher,
J. B. Andrews, Samuel M. Fox,
William P. Smith, James Dalzell,
William Rowland, Jr., James W. Martien.
COMMITTEE OF RELIEF.
William P. Smith, Jacob Esher, J. B. Andrews,
James Dalzell, ' Benjamin Matthias, James W. Martien,
Robert E. Nuttle.
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GOVERNMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, &c.
GOVERNMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA.
DAVID R. PORTER, Governor. ANSON V. PARSONS, Secretary of State. JOB MANN, Treasurer. OVID F. JOHNSON, Attorney General.
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GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES. EXECUTIVE.
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JOHN TYLER, President.
SAMUEL L. SOUTHARD, Acting Vice-President.
DANIEL WEBSTER, Secretary of State.
WALTER FORWARD, Secretary of the Treasury.
JOHN C. SPENCER, Secretary of War.
ABEL P. UPSHUR, Secretary of the Navy.
CHARLES A. WICKLIFFE, Postmaster General.
HUGH S. LEGARE, Attorney General.
MINISTERS AND CONSULS FROM FOREIGN POWERS RESIDENT AT PHILADELPHIA.
FROM FRANCE. Baron D'Autrive, Consul.
FROM GREAT BRITAIN.
William Peter, Consul.
FROM SPAIN. The Chevalier Don Pablo Chacon, Consul General.
FROM PORTUGAL.
Commander J. C. Figaniere e Morao, Minister resident, and Consul General.
Le Chevalier Menezes de Brito do Rio, Secre- tary of Legation.
Daniel J. Desmond, Vice Consul.
FROM AUSTRIA. Daniel J. Desmond, Consular Agent.
FROM PRUSSIA. J. C. Lang, Consul. FROM SICILY. A. E. Borie, Acting Consul. FROM ROME. Daniel J. Desmond, Consul General. Charles Picot, Vice Consul. FROM HAMBURG. Charles N. Buck, Consul General.
TEXAS. F. Gurney Smith, Consul.
FROM DENMARK. M. Stien Bille, Charge d'Affaires. John Bohlen, Consul.
FROM SAXONY.
Robert Ralston Jr., Vice Consul.
FROM SWEDEN AND NORWAY. Richard Seldner, Vice Consul. FROM TUSCANY.
Daniel J. Desmond, Consular Agent. FROM THE NETHERLANDS.
Henry Bohlen, Consul.
FROM MEXICO.
E. Cuesta, Vice Consul. FROM VENEZUELA.
William M'Ilhenney, Esq., Consul FROM BRAZIL. .Edward C. Sayre, Vice Consul.
FROM BREMEN.
Jno. C. Lang, Consul. FROM BELGIUM.
J. Mora Moss, Consul. FROM BAVARIA. C. F. Hagedorn, Consul.
FROM URAGUAY. George Guest, Vice Consul.
LIST OF
Councils, Police, Clerks, Inspectors, Custom House, Libraries, &c.
CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.
John M. Scott, Mayor, office c 5th & Chestnut. Richard Vaux, Recorder, office State House row. ʹ Cornelius Stevenson, Treasurer, office c 5th and Chestnut.
P. E. Hamm, Assistant to City Treasurer.
Robert H. Smith, City Clerk, office c 5th and Chestnut.
Edward Olmsted, Solicitor, S 5th ab Walnut. John B. Kenney, Mayor's Clerk, c 5th and Chestnut.
Lieutenant of Police-James Young. 2d do. do. J. Henry Bulkley.
Special Constable-William Russell.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
SELECT COUNCIL.
President-Wm. M. Meredith.
John P. Wetherill, James Rowland, Isaac El- liott, Thomas G. Conner, William Morris, Chas. Gilpin, Matthew Newkirk, Thomas P. Cope, Charles S. Smith, James Y. Humphreys, John Trucks .- Clerk, J. Coleman Fisher.
COMMON COUNCIL. Thomas S. Smith, President.
David Winebrener, Samuel Norris, Jacob E. Hagert, Isaac Barton, John C. Davis, Samuel Breck, Thomas Snowden, Andrew Cochran, Ca- leb Hand, Robert Pearsall, Benj. W. Tingley, Thomas C. Rockhill, James Leslie, James J. Bos- well, Henry C. Corbit, Joseph L. Dutton, Chas. A Repplier, Peter McCall, George Campbell. Levi Hollingsworth, Clerk, 53 S 5th.
TREASURER OF THE GIRARD TRUST. Benjamin Jones, Jr., office S 5th n Chestnut. AGENT OF THE GIRARD ESTATES. John S. Warner, office S 5th n Chestnut. CITY COMMISSIONERS.
Adam Traquair, president, office S W 5th and Chestnut.
Thomas K. Wallace, Lane Schofield. John Diehl, commissioner of city property. REGULATORS AND SURVEYORS.
Samuel Hains, office S 5th n Chestnut. Marine T, W. Chandler, assistant.
HIGH CONSTABLES .- John M'Lean, Charles Downer, John Walker, John Metzker.
COLLECTORS OF WATER RENTS .- James Hic- key, George W. Gillingham, Thomas Millar.
SUPERINTENDENT FOR CLEANSING THE CITY .- Henry Bickley.
CLERKS HIGH STREET MARKET .- Peter Conrad, James Glading.
CLERK OF SECOND STREET MARKET .- Henry B. Gillingham.
CLERK OF HIGH STREET MARKET, WEST OF TENTH .- James Stille.
CITY AND COUNTY.
Henry Morris, Sheriff.
George Norton, Deputy Sheriff. Samuel Heintzleman, Coroner.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Thomas Vaughan, Joseph A. Dean, Henry D. Lentz.
William Gilmore, Clerk.
Jno. L. Woolf, Assistant Clerk.
Joseph Plankinton, County Treasurer.
Thomas J. Heston, Peter A. Grotjan, Michael W. Ash, Auditors.
DISTRICT OF NORTHERN LIBERTIES.
Mayor, John M. Cannon.
Treasurer, Jacob S. Zorns.
Clerk, John Miller.
SPRING GARDEN DISTRICT.
Treasurer, Clerk, George Williams.
MOYAMENSING.
Treasurer, Alexander W. Reed. Clerk, Edward M'Gowen.
SOUTHWARK.
Treasurer, Hugh O'Donnall. Clerk, John Oakford.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL- LERS FOR 1841-2.
Henry Leech, President.
Thomas B. Florence, Secretary.
First Section .- George M. Wharton, Samuel English, Geo. Emlen, jr., William Biddle, Mor- decai L. Dawson, Isaac Barton, Clifford Smith.
Second Section .- Richard G. Lanning, Wm. F. Ireland, John C. Smith.
Third Section .- James Campbell, James R. Negley.
Fourth Section .- Thos. H. Forsyth, Stephen B. Kingston.
Fifth Section .- John Foulkrod.
Sixth Section .- William Wister. Seventh and Eighth Sections .- Henry Leech.
Ninth Section .- Francis Lyons.
Tenth Section .- Peter Rambo, Abraham Helf. fenstein.
Eleventh Section .- Richard Vaux.
PROFESSORS IN THE HIGH-SCHOOL.
Alex. Dallas Bache, L. L. D. Principal.
John Frost, A. M. Professor in the Depart- ment of English Belles Lettres. Joseph Alexander Deloutte, A. M. Professor in the Department of French.
John Sanderson .* Professor in the Classical Department.
Enoch C. Wines. Professor in the Depart- ment of Mental, Moral, and Political Science.
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LITERARY INSTITUTIONS, &c.
William Vogdes and E. Otis Kendall. Pro- fessors in the Department of Mathematics.
E. Otis Kendall. Professor in the Department of Natural Philosophy.
Henry McMurtrie, M. D. Professor in the Department of Natural History.
Rembrandt Peale. Professor in the Depart- ment of Drawing and Writing.
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CUSTOM HOUSE, South Second below Dock.
Collector .- Jonathan Roberts.
Deputy do .- John Kern. Do. do .- Richard L. Howell.
Naval Officer .- Alexander Ferguson.
Deputy do .- John D. George.
Surveyor .- John G. Watmough. Deputy do .- James Hoy, Jr.
INSPECTORS OFFICES.
Office of the northern district on Wright's wharf above Race street. The northern district extends from the north side of Market street to Kensington.
Office of the middle district N. E. Front and Walnut. The middle district extends from the south side of Market street to the north side of Spruce street.
Office of the southern district, corner of Lom- bard street and South Wharves, the southern district extends from the south side of Spruce street to the Navy Yard.
DIRECTIONS FOR TRANSACTING CUSTOM HOUSE BUSINESS.
Office hours from 9 A. M. to 2 P. M.
Desk No. 1. For preparing registers, enrol- ments and licenses, and entering and clearing vessels from and to foreign ports.
No. 2. For receiving fees, cash duties, &c., also for entering and clearing vessels coastwise.
No. 3. Examination of entries of merchandise imported, with the invoices and bills of lading, ascertaining the duties thereon, calculating draw- backs and issuing coastwise certificates of draw- back.
No. 4. Record of imports, and examination of inward manifests, previous to vessels clearing at No. 1.
No. 5. Bonds for duties taken, and permits issued for the delivery of goods from vessels and stores.
No. 6. For the payment of debentures, trea- sury warrants, bounties, &c.
No. 7. Export bonds taken, export permits, debentures, and transport certificates issued, and export bonds cancelled on the production of landing certificates.
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